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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Boredom, loneliness plague Ukrainian youth near front line

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Anastasiia Aleksandrova doesn’t even look up from her phone when the thunder of nearby artillery booms through the modest home the 12-year-old shares with her grandparents on the outskirts of Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine.

With no one her age left in her neighborhood and classes only online since Russia’s invasion, video games and social media have taken the place of the walks and bike rides she once enjoyed with friends who have since fled.

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